kreppa

Faroese

Etymology

FromOld Norsekreppa,fromProto-Germanic*krimpaną.

Noun

kreppaf(genitive singularkreppu,pluralkreppur)

1. crisis

Declension

Declension ofkreppa
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kreppa	kreppan	kreppur	kreppurnar
accusative	kreppu	kreppuna	kreppur	kreppurnar
dative	kreppu	kreppuni	kreppum	kreppunum
genitive	kreppu	kreppunnar	kreppa	kreppanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• heimskreppa(world-wide crisis)
• Muhammed-kreppan - the Muhammad crisis (of Denmark 2006)
• orkukreppa(energy crisis)
• samleikakreppa(identity crisis)
• stjórnarkreppa(government crisis)

Icelandic

Etymology

FromOld Norsekreppa,fromProto-Germanic*krimpaną.Cognate to Englishcrimp,via Middle Englishcrempen,and to Dutchkrimpen,via Middle Dutchcrimpen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈkʰrɛhpa/
• Rhymes:-ɛhpa

Noun

kreppaf(genitive singularkreppu,nominative pluralkreppur)

1. crisis,difficulty

Synonyms

• (difficulty):vandi,vandræði,klípa,klemma

Verb

kreppa(weak verb,third-person singular past indicativekreppti,supinekreppt)

1. (transitive,with accusative)tobendtightly, toclench

Conjugation

kleppa— active voice(germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		aðkleppa
supine (sagnbót)		kleppt
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kleppandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	égkleppi	viðkleppum	present (nútíð)	égkleppi	viðkleppum
	þúkleppir	þiðkleppið		þúkleppir	þiðkleppið
	hann,hún,þaðkleppir	þeir,þær,þaukleppa		hann,hún,þaðkleppi	þeir,þær,þaukleppi
past (þátíð)	égkleppti	viðklepptum	past (þátíð)	égkleppti	viðklepptum
	þúklepptir	þiðklepptuð		þúklepptir	þiðklepptuð
	hann,hún,þaðkleppti	þeir,þær,þauklepptu		hann,hún,þaðkleppti	þeir,þær,þauklepptu
imperative (boðháttur)	klepp(þú)	kleppið(þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	klepptu	kleppiði*
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

kleppast— mediopassive voice(miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		aðkleppast
supine (sagnbót)		kleppst
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		kleppandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	égkleppist	viðkleppumst	present (nútíð)	égkleppist	viðkleppumst
	þúkleppist	þiðkleppist		þúkleppist	þiðkleppist
	hann,hún,þaðkleppist	þeir,þær,þaukleppast		hann,hún,þaðkleppist	þeir,þær,þaukleppist
past (þátíð)	égklepptist	viðklepptumst	past (þátíð)	égklepptist	viðklepptumst
	þúklepptist	þiðklepptust		þúklepptist	þiðklepptust
	hann,hún,þaðklepptist	þeir,þær,þauklepptust		hann,hún,þaðklepptist	þeir,þær,þauklepptust
imperative (boðháttur)	kleppst(þú)	kleppist(þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	kleppstu	kleppisti*
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

klepptur— past participle(lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterkbeyging)	singular(eintala)				plural(fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	klepptur	kleppt	kleppt		klepptir	klepptar	kleppt
accusative (þolfall)	klepptan	kleppta	kleppt		kleppta	klepptar	kleppt
dative (þágufall)	klepptum	klepptri	klepptu		klepptum	klepptum	klepptum
genitive (eignarfall)	kleppts	klepptrar	kleppts		klepptra	klepptra	klepptra
weak declension (veikbeyging)	singular(eintala)				plural(fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	kleppti	kleppta	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
accusative (þolfall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
dative (þágufall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu
genitive (eignarfall)	kleppta	klepptu	kleppta		klepptu	klepptu	klepptu

Old Norse

Etymology

FromProto-Germanic*krampijaną,causative of*krimpaną.

Noun

kreppaf(genitivekreppu)

1. strait,scrape

   Synonym:krepping

Declension

Declension ofkreppa(weakōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kreppa	kreppan	kreppur	kreppurnar
accusative	kreppu	kreppuna	kreppur	kreppurnar
dative	kreppu	kreppunni	kreppum	kreppunum
genitive	kreppu	kreppunnar	kreppna	kreppnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic:kreppa
• Faroese:kreppa
• Norwegian Nynorsk:kreppe
• Norwegian Bokmål:kreppe

Verb

kreppa

1. (transitive,with accusative)tosqueeze,press
2. (transitive,with accusative,impersonal)to becomecrippled

Conjugation

Conjugation ofkreppa— active (weak class 1)

infinitive	kreppa
present participle	kreppandi
past participle	kreptr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppi	krepta
2nd-person singular	kreppir	kreptir
3rd-person singular	kreppir	krepti
1st-person plural	kreppum	kreptum
2nd-person plural	kreppið	kreptuð
3rd-person plural	kreppa	kreptu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppa	krepta
2nd-person singular	kreppir	kreptir
3rd-person singular	kreppi	krepti
1st-person plural	kreppim	kreptim
2nd-person plural	kreppið	kreptið
3rd-person plural	kreppi	krepti
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	krepp,kreppi
1st-person plural	kreppum
2nd-person plural	kreppið

Conjugation ofkreppa— mediopassive (weak class 1)

infinitive	kreppask
present participle	kreppandisk
past participle	krepsk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppumk	kreptumk
2nd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
3rd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
1st-person plural	kreppumsk	kreptumsk
2nd-person plural	kreppizk	kreptuzk
3rd-person plural	kreppask	kreptusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	kreppumk	kreptumk
2nd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
3rd-person singular	kreppisk	kreptisk
1st-person plural	kreppimsk	kreptimsk
2nd-person plural	kreppizk	kreptizk
3rd-person plural	kreppisk	kreptisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	krepsk,kreppisk
1st-person plural	kreppumsk
2nd-person plural	kreppizk

Related terms

• kroppinn
• kropprm

Descendants

• Icelandic:kreppa
• Norwegian Nynorsk:kreppe

References

• “kreppa1”,inGeir T. Zoëga (1910)A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic,Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “kreppa2”,inGeir T. Zoëga (1910)A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic,Oxford: Clarendon Press